Some pics and videos from our Saturday and Sunday..

Justin has been learning the Jenny Says lyrics - it's quite amusing to watch him sing it. I always tell him to "get crazy" during parts of the song- and he tells me "get silly" - and asks to listen to it over and over. I caught some of it on video this morning - along with his Jingle Bells concert and his story time with Kyle.

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Video 3:

Can Grandma stay forever?

Grandma is in town and whipping this kids in to shape! Justin is wearing big boy underwear all day (except for sleepy time) - and though he is not pooping in the potty - I guess it's good that he's at least waiting until nap or bedtime and pooping in his diaper versus his underwear. And Kyle is sitting up!

Please Grandma - don't go home..or come back again soon. It's made this week so much easier not dealing with daycare dropoffs/pickups and coming home to a nice clean house with dinner ready...I'm so spoiled right now!

Here is a video  Grandma took of Justin feeding Kyle:

We had such a terrible time..

Can you tell?

And the name of the band is...COWBOY MOUTH..ARE YOU WITH ME??!
Mom had a song dedicated to her - and managed to snag a drumstick!

Can you tell Dave is the DD?
 I'm pretty sure he was okay with the fact that he had to
 leave us all the next morning to head to Tuscon- lol.

Sweet Sam was celebrating his 6th birthday -and mom her 60th!

 

  

 

And this was before drinks!

The local dive - where the band again gave mom a shout-out for her birthday!

Heading to the airport!

Thanks, Dad- for your early birthday present to Mom! I think it's safe to say she had fun! I know us kids did as well!

Newsflash

Justin loves airplanes -see video below (or click here):

We went to the observation area while waiting from Grandma and Tara to land - we will go back - he loved it!

And - Kyle is now on breathing treatments - same stuff Justin has been on for ages. Yippie. Dave took him to the doc (only because we needed a doc note to go back to school) and the doc thought he sounded croupy again - gave him another oral steroid and we are now to do treatments twice a day until his 9 month visit. Ugh.

Justin and Baby Morgan

We went over to Shad and Shannon's on Sunday night. After Justin opened Morgan's present for Shannon - he wanted to hold the baby. I love that he asked if he could hold her - he's such a sweet boy. Shannon- being a mom 3 times over - didn't mind the germ infested 3 year old holding her 3 week old (he did wash his hands).

I was reminded how far Kyle has come in 6 months- sweet Morgan's little head bobbed all over the place- :)

Kyle - 6 month stats

Kyle had his 6 month appointment today- he's doing well. Back on track for weight etc.

Weight - 15lb 9oz  (Justin was 5lbs heavier at 6 months)
Length - 26
Head - 17.25

Doc says it's okay to start weaning him off the night feedings. Yippie!

We need to work on sitting - he is super wobbly and can't really sit by himself even for a second. The doctor was not impressed with his sitting demonstration.

But look Doc - I'm cute - right?

Justin at 6 months..was working on the sitting - even if it was briefly- it was impressive with that huge head to hold up!

And look - I have some hair at 6 months too..the new kid..he's got nothin!

Kyle has started on solid foods - I was not in a rush. Cereal and fruits thus far- maybe we'll venture in to some vegetables soon. I'm not making baby food (shocking I know) - I laugh when people ask me this question. Gerber babies all the way in this house - I can barely make myself food - when would I make baby food - in my sleep - wait no - I don't sleep either.. ;)  Kudos to you ladies managing to make your own baby food!

Thanks Mom-Mom and Pop-Pop

Dave and I had a great time exploring Seattle while Mom-Mom and Pop-Pop watched Justin and Kyle for FOUR DAYS!  I think they were ready to head back to Philly today to get some rest!

Thanks so much for watching the kids so we could get away!

View from our hotel

View from the Space Needle

Having fun at the Experience Music Project

Leather jacket exhibit at the museum

We tried to get a good photo before everyone left this morning- never easy!

Who needs sleep..?

Lots happening around here. I feel like my life is bullet points.

• I haven't had a chance to say- the Hill Country rocked. Super sad that Karen was rained out and stuck in Chicago- but Connie and I attempted to drink her share of cold beers. It was fun. (way fun). Sarah met us in Fredericksburg for some shopping one day too.
• Kyle is doing better after the croup episode - he went back to daycare today.
• Justin had another successful haircut - he ate about 8 dum dums in the process- but hey- whatever it takes. 
• Justin pooped in the potty yesterday. Not the big potty- the gross little one that sits on the ground. That thing disgusts me. It's gross. But he pooped in it. We now have an M&M reward system we are trying. I may have to offer more M&M's when he goes in the normal potty...I can't take that gross little thing sitting on my floor for much longer.
• Justin was up most of the night last night- had a fever - and pooped 400 times. He of course wanted M&M's each time. (Did I mention Dave is out of town?)
• Justin saw the allergist today - did the allergy tests. He's not allergic to ANYTHING. He just gets colds all the time. Awesome. I guess it's good news - but seriously? He did prescribe him Augmentin for a sinus infection - which evidently tastes terrible. I'm going back to the pharmacy to have it flavored tomorrow- why they don't offer this automatically for terrible tasting things for 3 years olds- I'm not sure. But there is no way I will get him to take it as is. I totally gagged him with it tonight- I thought he was going to throw up.
• So I stayed home from work again today with Justin - as I wasn't quite sure what was going on with him. Fever hasn't come back. He has had major poopisodes. I've laid off the Miralax for now. Hopefully back to daycare tomorrow.
• Mom Mom and Pop Pop arrive on Wed - yay! Cleaning lady comes tomorrow - yay! 

I have some videos I uploaded to You Tube- but I don't have time to look at them - I must go to bed before the night erupts with screaming children. I need more than 3 hours of sleep tonight.

ROAD TRIP

By some random creek we stopped to check out

Meeting the newest Madsen back in Dallas!

Hanging with my boys

Oh yeah- I fed Kyle cereal - cause I thought I had to do it before daycare did.
This is what he thought of it.

Bottle please- thanks

HAPPY baby while we were home from work with him!

Haircut!

I mean really- how cute can he be? 

Awesome - right?

The reason I have not slept...

Croup

Croup.. What croup? Do I look sick?

Kyle was miserable and had a nasty cough that had me worried tonight - so we headed to the ER around 12:30 or so. He was the hit of the ER- such a happy guy- then he would cough and the whole ER staff diagnosed him from the hall.

A breathing treatment and steroid later- we are waiting to be discharged. It's going to be a long day at work tomorrow.

Time for an update!

We're due for a blog update! Here is what's been going on:

• Justin's poop problem is still a problem. As of yesterday we are doubling the Miralax and feeding him "dinosaur raisins" (prunes) to help clean him out. So that's awesome. He's also decided that peeing on the floor is fun - so we're dealing with that. I realize someday he will be potty trained but that sure feels like a long ways off! Today we brought back inside the gross little potty that sits on the floor. He peed in it like 6 times. He yelled "AND GO TO THE FARM" after that (cause Grandma has mentioned he needs to be peeing in the potty before he goes to the farm). Then he proceeded to walk out of the bathroom and pee on the floor. He's like a dog. 
• EAR INFECTION!  Yup - Justin has an ear infection in the tube-less ear. So he's on an antibiotic  which I hope will also clear up what I think is a sinus infection.
• Kyle was a whopping 14lbs at his 5 month visit- so he's back on the growth curve. Still a peanut - but the doc was happy with his progress.
• I've been traveling for work some- off to Houston again tomorrow and spent most of last week in D.C - where it was BEAUTIFUL and Connie was in town too - so that was fun! And one night I had dinner with my friend Shannon - love catching up with friends!

Reunited!

Cherry Blossoms were awesome in DC!

That pretty much catches us up to this weekend! Last night we went to a charity auction for the daycare. It was fun to hang out with the other parents minus kids! I ended up winning the "art" done by Kyle's class.  They had a western themed week leading up to the "Buckaroo Bash." One of the mom's took photos of ALL of the kids at school and they sold the photos for $5 - see below. They were super cute.

We recycled the Halloween get-up

Construction equipment next to daycare! Look mom- a bobcat over there!

The art project I won at the auction.

Kelly watched the boys last night and sent these pics - guess we wore them both out playing around the house yesterday!

Today Justin went to a birthday party - and then we stopped to see the Madsen's for a bit - and well Justin crashed when we got home and I can't seem to get him to wake up.

Kyle is enjoying Masters Sunday with Daddy.

Next weekend is GIRLS WEEKEND! Connie and Karen are flying in and we're heading to the hill country- I am SO EXCITED! I'm sure Dave is too- lol.